Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Ranking NPA leader bagged in joint military, police operations in Davao City

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 8): Ranking NPA leader bagged in joint military, police operations in Davao City

Joint operatives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police arrested a ranking New People's Army (NPA) leader during checkpoint operations in Davao City Tuesday night.

AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc identified the arrested rebel leader as Vincent Estrada alias Dennis Montecillo/Bords/Brod/Oban.

Estrada is the NPA's Head of Regional Instructor’s Bureau of Regional Operational Command (ROC), Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMC).

He was arrested by combined operatives of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 11 of the PNP at a Task Force Davao checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril, Davao City at around 9:20 p.m.

Estrada was nabbed while aboard an Isuzu Bighorn (BDV-864) with a certain Zacarias Delos Santos Mancia Jr.

He was arrested by virtue of warrant of arrest with CC#7610 for the crime of Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention filed before Regional Trial Court Branch 3 in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province.

Recovered from their possession were a caliber .45 pistol, two fragmentation grenades, one laptop, five cellphones, subversive documents and personal belongings.

Both personalities are now under the custody of CIDG 11.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=751211

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